The 82nd Annual Academy Awards Winners!

[berrycreamy67]

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards were held last night. So, some thoughts on the program before the list of winners: I thought that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are a great team. They were funny (Most of the time), and very charismatic. I like the design of the stage. However, what was up with the street dancers? The way they danced was not in sync with the music that was playing IMO!  Tom Hanks, I love you to death, but you took the excitement out of the announcement of the Best Picture winner! Three words: Pause for effect. Other than all that, I thought that it was a great show, and Neil Patrick Harris can SING! Okay, onto the nominees:

Best Picture:
“The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment), A Voltage Pictures Production

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight)

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds” (The Weinstein Company)

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side” (Warner Bros.)

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate)

Best animated feature film of the year
“Up” (Walt Disney) - Pete Docter

Achievement in art direction
“Avatar” (20th Century Fox) - Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg, Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair

Achievement in cinematography
“Avatar” (20th Century Fox) Mauro Fiore

Achievement in costume design
“The Young Victoria” (Apparition) Sandy Powell

Achievement in directing:
Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) [YES! GIRL POWER :D!]

Best documentary feature
“The Cove” (Roadside Attractions) - An Oceanic Preservation Society Production, Fisher Stevens and Louie Psihoyos

Best documentary short subject
“Music by Prudence”

Achievement in film editing
“The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) Bob Murawski and Chris Innis

Best foreign language film of the year
“El Secreto de Sus Ojos” (Sony Pictures Classics) A Haddock Films Production, Argentina

Achievement in makeup
“Star Trek” (Paramount and Spyglass Entertainment) Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow

Best Original score:
“Up” (Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino

Best Original song:
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best animated short film
“Logorama” (Autour de Minuit), An Autour de Minuit Production, Nicolas Schmerkin

Best live action short film
“The New Tenants”, A Park Pictures and M & M Production, Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Achievement in sound editing
“The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) Paul N.J. Ottosson

Achievement in sound mixing
“The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett

Achievement in visual effects
“Avatar” (20th Century Fox) Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones

Best Adapted screenplay:
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” (Lionsgate) Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher

Original screenplay
“The Hurt Locker” (Summit Entertainment) Written by Mark Boal

That's all for today. Till next time :)!